Color Fusers--December Blog Hop!

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Hello my crafty friends! Thank you so much for coming by to see what the Color Fusers Design Team is up to this month! We are creating projects with a very unique color combo for December!

What do you think? I bet Basic Black, Merry Merlot and Smoky Slate were NOT what you were thinking when you think “Holiday Colors”…but that doesn’t mean we are all creating holiday projects! Guess you will have to go through the Hop to see how many of us did!

As you can see I decided NOT to create a holiday card with this challenge. I could NOT resist the temptation to play with brand new stuff!

I decided to go with Smoky Slate as the base and added a second layer that I ran through the new Cane 3D embossing folder. I LOVE this new folder! I added a piece of Basic White as my top layer and decided to incorporate Merry Merlot in a water color wash behind where I planned the sentiment to be. I went over it twice so it would have a little bit more depth. Let the first layer dry and then run your water painter over it a second time. I finished the background off with a flick of my Merry Merlot marker.

I love how the sentiments in sentimental park can work together to create a variety of captions

I used two new bundles to create this card, they are both from the same suite—Regency Park. All of this will be available in the new upcoming Occasions catalogue in January. Its an absolutely gorgeous suite with a stamp/punch combo and stamp/die bundle. I used BOTH to create this card.

The flowers are from Petal Park bundle. I stamped them with Versamark ink on Basic Black card stock and then embossed them with Basic Black embossing powder. They do look quite awesome in person (hard to capture in a photo). The stamp and punch work together so that 3 flowers are created at once. Love that!

The sentiment is from the Sentimental Park stamp set and is cut with a coordinating die from the set. I did trim off some of the detail from this die as it had some little white flowers attached.

 

I really like these new dies as they cut out stamped images as well as some flower shapes. I cut some out in Smoky Slate to tie the background of the card into the design.

I also added some Smoky Slate bakers twine as well and some grey Classic Matte Dots.

I also distressed the edges of the Basic White layer to add a little extra texture to the card. I am so pleased with how this project turned out and I hope it has inspired you to consider these new bundles when they come out in the new year!

My crafty friend Melanie is next on the Color Fusers Blog Hop—make sure to check out what she has designed! I am so curious to see if any of my fellow teammates created a holiday card with this combo!

You can always go backwards too if you like by clicking on Previous—you will be taken to Tami’s blog—Swimming in Stamps!

12 Days of Christmas--Day 5

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I love a good pocket card don’t you? For my 5th card of 12 Days of Christmas I am sharing one of my ‘go to’ card designs. I make this card style several times throughout the year as I love that you can pull out the Basic White layer and write a message, stick a gift card inside or even a flat little treat. You can use this design for any sentiment or occasion.

I started with a base of Crumb Cake card stock and you score it like a regular card except on one side, score a 1 1/4 inch piece that becomes the flap for the front. I like to round the edges on the top and flap.

I added a strip of Sweetest Christmas DSP to the flap and then adhered the entire flap down using Tear’n Tape. Wrap a length of Linen Thread around the flap to keep the card closed hence creating the pocket.

The Joyful Flurry stamp set was perfect to add to the front and pull out piece, stamping them in Crumb Cake ink. The Wonderful Snowflakes are still my favorite holiday embellishment. I love how they are iridescent and I can pop them right out—NO DIE CUTTING! Yippee! They look perfect with the Garden Green Mittens!

 

The worlds cutest mittens are from the Celebrate with Tags stamp set and die cut with the Celebrations Tags Dies (my absolute favorite die set in the JJ catty! I have used it SO MUCH!

Merry Christmas is from the same stamp set and I just trimmed it apart using paper snips. It is stamped in Sweet Sorbet—my fav red this season!

I hope you will give this card style a try some time! It is truly one of my go to designs! Don’t forget to go see what Melanie is sharing today!

 
 

12 Days of Christmas--Day 4

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Welcome to Day 4 of 12 Days of Christmas! I hope you have been inspired so far! I am curious to know what your favorite thing has been? I am torn between my first project and the North Pole Sacks!

Every year I have to create at least one Christmas card that is on a black card base! This year I decided to pair up Basic Black with Orchid Oasis, Night of Navy and Silver Foil. I think it has a really unique look for a holiday card! I hope you like it too and will consider making a black Christmas card as well.

I added a first layer to this card in Basic Black and used a Water Painter with Whisper White ink to spray it it across the card front. If you mix the reinker with some water to make the consistency of milk, it will spray nicely over top of the card base. I was sort of going for a stars in the night sky look.

I added 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 strips of the Brushstroke 12x12 Specialty Paper to the base. If you haven’t order this paper yet—add to cart! You can get a piece of Blushing Bride, Soft Succulent and Night of Navy. It has this gorgeous swirly texture to it, but its nice and lightweight.

I die cut the large sprig from the Decorated Pine Dies in Silver Foil paper and added it directly over top of the Brushstroke paper. The sentiment is from the Christmas to Remember stamp set and I stamped it in Orchid Oasis ink and used the light Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend to highlight the words ‘Christmas’ and ‘Cherish’. Its cut out with the Stylish Shapes Dies. A definite craft room must have!

Behind the sentiment I added the Silver Metallic Edge Cotton Ribbon that I tied with the Orchid Oasis Bakers Twine.

I hope you like this dramatic holiday card and make sure to visit Melanie and check back tomorrow to see what we are both sharing!

 
 

12 Days of Christmas--Day 3

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Happy day #3! I hope you have been enjoying the past few days and what Melanie and I have been sharing. I am also posting over on my Instagram @stampwithbrenda—-I hope you are following me over there as well! I love that we not just sharing cards between the 2 of us and we didn’t discuss what the other was sharing so its a surprise for us too!

Todays project is featuring these amazing North Pole Sacks! They are a fun add on that you could get with the November Paper Pumpkin kit and can be found in my online store. They are the perfect size to turn them into a pull out card, gift card holder, mini album and more. The possibilities are endless! Today I am going to share with you a bright and cheery pull out card design. You can even add a gift card inside too!

I love the printed design on these little sacks as the neutral pallet was perfect to add a pop of color with Parakeet Party and Polished Pink. They are a little twist to your standard green and red holiday colors.

The sentiment is from the Framed & Festive stamp set which I have been using a lot these past couple of weeks. I am so glad Stampin’ Up! released this set! The foliage is all from the Christmas Season stamp set. I even cut some of the shapes from the Seasonal Labels dies from card stock. Sometimes you don’t have to stamp, you can just use the die cut shapes meant for stamping without stamping!

The candy cane is from the North Pole Paper Pumpkin Kit and the snowflake die cut (cut from the Snowy White Velvet Sheets) is from the Celebration Tags Dies. I also added a few opal rounds for a little glimmer.

On the pullout I added another sentiment from the Framed & Festive stamp set and did a bit of blending with Parakeet Party. The tab is In Color DSP with another Polished Pink snowflake. I like that you can see it poking out from the top of the bag.

 

I hope this project inspires you to add this North Pole Sacks to your next order! I think they have lots of potential even beyond the holiday season and can be used for so many things!

I can’t wait to see what Melanie is sharing today! Make sure to go check out what she has to share!

 
 

12 Days of Christmas--Day 2

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Hello and welcome to another 12 Days of Christmas project! Today I have a card to share with you that I created using one of my favorite stamp sets in the JJ catty—the Trees for Sale!

I actually really love the soft neutral palette of this card. It has a country home sort of feel to it, don’t you think?

The base of the card is Grey Granite and I paired it up with the Gingham Cottage DSP. I love that this is a stack of DSP all in various Gingham colors and patterns! Its such a great stack of paper for scrapbooking and card making.

Along the border of the DSP I added a strip of Crumb Cake card stock die cut with the scallop border die from Hand-penned Petals. Honestly, I never put this die away. I use it all the time. Beside the die I added a sprinkle of little stars/snowflakes from the stamp set in matching ink.

I stamped the 3 trees in 3 shades of green—Old Olive, Mossy Meadow and Pear Pizzazz. The sold image of each tree was stamped off on my grid paper and the next layer was full strength ink.

 

The sentiment was stamped with Soft Suede ink on Crumb Cake. I added some Linen Thread behind and few Classic Matte Dots in grey to the background.

I love this card design and know it can be modified for any occasion.

Thanks for coming by today! Make sure to go check out Melanie’s project for today!